Shara Hammond is a Leadership Development and Inclusion Manager who began her leadership career in a nontraditional manner. Shara entered her undergraduate degree program at Boston College with the blessings and lessons from her family that allowed her to excel in an environment where she was in the minority. Shara was unsure what career path […]
Black history is American history. I remember the days of encyclopedias and the card catalog. I remember the days when most online research was conducted in a public library or university library. Today, we have 24-hour access to personal computers at our fingertips – in our hands and on our arms. We are living and
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Success has been defined in the dictionary as ‘a favorable or desired outcome,’ ‘the accomplishment of an aim or purpose’, ‘the attainment of popularity or profit’ and ‘a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity’. Does your definition of success include popularity, profit, and prosperity? Success can include more than money and
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This past weekend, the 45th President of the United States of America was once acquitted by Republican Senators in his second impeachment trial – even after clear evidence of treason, a coup, and inciting an insurrection that could have resulted in the murder of his Vice President Mike Pence. On Monday, the country celebrated President’s
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Our career theme for February is self-love. Self-love incorporates making yourself a priority, treating yourself well, and eliminating people, places, and things that are not good for your overall health. Yesterday, concluded my 14-Day ‘Self-Love Includes Career Advancement Challenge’ on #Instagram. From February 1-14, 2021, I shared daily tips to enhance career preparation and increase
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Self-love is accepting yourself, treating yourself with kindness and respect, cultivating your growth and nurturing your well-being. Work is such a large part of our lives and identities that self-love must include work/life balance and career development. I believe that self-love also includes the words/names we use to describe and define ourselves. Today I
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You should never feel guilty for leaving work on time. An occasional early morning or late evening is to be expected – especially if you are working on a special or large project or if your job gets busy at a certain time of the year. What is unacceptable is making overworking the norm. Overextending
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Welcome to Black History Month! Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing our central role in US history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every US president has
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Welcome to February 2021! Many will celebrate love on Valentine’s Day this month. I encourage you to practice more self-love this month. Self-love is an appreciation of one’s own worth. Self-love is accepting yourself, treating yourself with kindness and respect, cultivating your growth and nurturing your well-being. Self-love is prioritizing your health – physical, mental,
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Anjelious Farmer defines leadership as having the desire and passion to get the sum of parts working together in unity. Anjelious, along with the women in her family, have always been detail-oriented, organized and planners with a mindset to execute and get things done efficiently and effectively. In college, she joined several organizations where she